Olena Mukhina

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine takes Soviet BRDM-2s from its stockpile and rebuilds them into remote robots, with a Mercedes diesel under consideration

Ukraine is converting Soviet BRDM-2 armored scout vehicles into remote-controlled robotic platforms with a heavy weapon module.

Read More

4 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s biggest weakness against Russia isn’t interceptor shortage, analyst argues. It’s what happens before missiles even launch

Russia plans its terror campaigns years out, an analyst says.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

65% on Telegram, 30% on web, translated into four languages: Russia floods 1,000 posts against Ukraine’s new defense minister in two days

Russia branded Ukraine's new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara a "terrorist".

Read More

4 minute read

• Latest news

Russian strike damaged Ukrainian warehouse of Yves Rocher, French brand that paid $6 million into Russia’s budget in 2022

Russia's 20 August attack damaged the Ukrainian warehouse of Yves Rocher that sits on Ukraine's list of international sponsors of war.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s new commander spoke with chair of NATO’s Military Committee. Result: body will visit Ukraine in October, for first time in eight years

Ukraine’s security is NATO's security, NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s top military marketplace has processed $235 million in orders. Now it goes further, letting units spec a custom drone across 17 characteristics

Ukraine's Brave1 Market added a tool letting military units order custom drones built to their own specifications.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic and hypersonic missiles overnight, damaging a children’s hospital, with people trapped in a shelter

Russia launched a massed overnight attack on Kyiv with ballistic and Zircon hypersonic missiles on 20 August.

Read More

5 minute read

• Latest news

Ukrainian top volunteer from outgoing minister’s own team, whose drones downed 12,954 Russian targets, is offering to help his successor

Serhii Sternenko, the activist whose charity has supplied hundreds of thousands of FPV drones, congratulated new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara with his new position.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s parliament advanced a Finnish-style shelter bill: everyone must be able to reach one within 10 minutes

Ukraine's parliament passed a first-reading bill requiring bomb shelters within 10 minutes' reach, as tens of thousands shelter in metro stations nightly.

Read More

3 minute read

• Latest news

No radio signal, no way to jam it: Ukraine’s top-ranked strike drone can wait 48 hours for its target

Ukraine's manufacturers ranked their most effective fiber-optic strike drones in July, with Beshket, Deadliner Q1, and Vyriy Opto 10 taking the top three.

Read More

5 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Fedorov is out, but man behind his procurement reform and apps like Army+ isn’t going anywhere

Mstyslav Banik, the deputy who ran Ukraine's defense-procurement reform, says he is staying in the team of new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara.

Read More

5 minute read

• Latest news

“Fedorov instead of Khmara”: Ukrainian protesters outside parliament greet news of new defense minister’s appointment with disapproval

People say they will continue protesting despite the decision.

Read More

5 minute read

• Latest news

Ukraine’s new defense minister says he already knows Russia’s strategy for fall and winter

Yevhenii Khmara has become Ukraine's new defense minister after a vote in parliament.

Read More

5 minute read

• Latest news

650 participants from 24 countries: Ukraine brings its battle-tested drone-defense experience to NATO’s Baltic Trust 2026 exercise

For Ukraine, taking part as a valued contributor rather than an aid recipient marks its deepening integration with the alliance it seeks to join.